Loan Scam – turkeyfinancier8@gmail.com

The below loan scam email was sent to an email address that exists only to catch scam emails. It has never been used to register on any site, only to communicate with scammers.

Email headers

From: Turkey Financier Company <lvabad@pnri.dost.gov.ph> turkeyfinancier8@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 1:59 PM
Subject: Hello.....
To: Recipients <lvabad@pnri.dost.gov.ph>

Email body

This is to inform you that Turkey Financier here in Turkey offers loan to anyone who might be in need of a loan for any financial concern. Should you be interested in applying for a business or personal loan, you are required to send an enquiry to us for further proceedings. We offer loan services 24 hours for 7 days of the week (24*7).

Yours Faithfully,
Salman H. Usmani,
Loan and trade credit

Why is this a loan scam?

1. The email address used is a free Gmail address.
2. The email was mass-mailed to many recipients using BCC.
3. The email gives no indication of who is offering the loan or who they are regulated by.